SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN PRACTICE
Thanks for digging deeper! On this page, you can review some of the screening tools discussed a few days ago while you reflect on the ways that social determinants influence the health of our inpatient population.
Language, Culture, And Medical Tragedy
The Case Of Willie Ramirez
Practice Tips from the AAP
A brief review of some of the screening tools the AAP recommends using to help identify families with unmet needs
How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime
Nadine Burke Harris explains how early experience results in later consequence.
Interested in learning more about the Biomedical Influence of Poverty?
Here are 3 resources to initiate your exploration:
- State of the Art Review: Poverty and the Developing Brain.
- AAP Early Brain and Child Development (EBCD) Education and Training Modules
- The Patient‐ and Family‐Centered Medical Home
Poor Kids
Through the stories of three families told over the course of half a decade, FRONTLINE explores what poverty means to children in America.
Pay Now Or Pay Later: Providing Interpreter Services In Health Care
Helping the millions of Americans with limited English proficiency can improve the quality of care and reduce the risk of medical errors.
The Blueprint: Guidance on the National CLAS Standards
An implementation guide to help you advance and sustain culturally and linguistically appropriate services within your organization. It offers concise, practical information on how to use the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care at your organization.